Jack watches her with a content smile while she examines the rifles, then shows her expertise with a routine that makes him pay respect with a nod. "Excellent..." he comments, after she readied the rifle for combat action in just some seconds. For a moment he had hoped that she would have to change... but seeing her in the dress and the boots, performing all the things that would be needed... he just drops the thought and savours the sight for a moment.
He takes the tiny suction cups from the mossy rock and sticks them to his neck.
Then he approaches her from behind, standing very close to her, so that - after a few moments - she can feel the warmth of his body even though there is no real contact:
"Neural connectors... they add the environmental sensations by stimulating the nerves accordingly..." he explains while he is baring her neck by tenderly stroking her red hair aside.
He kisses her neck, and a second after his lips have parted with her skin, she will feel the neural connector touching her skin right and left if her spine. Another pair of connectors follows a little further down her spine. It doesn't hurt, it just feels cool on the skin.
Jack issues a verbal command "XT5, activate connectors..." and there will be a short tickling sensation, something comparable to a slight electric shock, then everything feels alright again.
Then the first drop of tropical rain will hit her skin, and a second later her feet register the unevenness of the underground, even though she knows they are in a room. Some seconds later, more and more sensoric impressions are added, the feeling of the skin being touched by a wet leaf, or her ankle touching a root.
"How rough do you like it?" Jack whispers in her ear lewdly, still standing right behind her while the neural connectors add more and more sensations to the scenery. His arms are slung around her body, crossing in front of her belly, his hands rest right and left on her waist, keeping her close to him in this embrace... "I am talking about the injury and pain setting... hits on the 100 % setting would feel like real injuries... shock and heart failure happen... above 70 % is still dangerous... below 20 % is a piece of cake..."
